CATASTROPHIC BIRD STRIKE ON TAKEOFF | Engine Severely Damaged

20/DEC/2023
Southwest B737 MAX performing flight from New Orleans to Tampa was on the initial climb when the pilots declared an emergency reporting a bird strike and had lost the left hand engine.
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[VASAviation]

VASAviation has known that several blades in the engine were found destroyed. We'll keep this post updated as more information releases.

[jetalse]

I like the ATC initial response after the emergency was declared, no unnecessary questions, gave instructions and left the pilots to work on the problem.

[GKsGS]

Felt some real tension listening to that one. Big Glad everyone was safe 🙏

[foreststewart]

Great video, & a real plus that you included the smoking engine clip, in order to provide additional context beyond your (excellent) standard format.

[basketballspinner]

Actually, I worked for Delta at MSY and we had a bird strike in 2009 on a 757. That airport is actually in reclaimed swamp land. Many birds flying around that airport. Surprised it doesn’t happen more often. And now that I think about it, we, at Delta had another bird strike that comes to mind, this one hit the nose of the plane and didn’t cause engine damage. Just something these pilots have to watch out for.

[rickrickard]

Controller had his hands full, but he just couldn't help thinking, "Victor's gonna post this, I just know it.." - How he got "Victor", instead of "Kilo".... ... While extremely tense listening to this, it seems all got through this ok.. Great job by all- some big smoke in that picture.

Thanks for all you do, Victor- Have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to you, and to all who appreciate what you do.

[ThTol]

Just wondering; isn't it strange that 00:43 Southwest 1874 is cleared for takeoff on the same runway although the nature of the emergency is not clear yet? A birdstrike seems likely when an aircraft returns directly after takeoff, shouldn't that trigger a runway inspection before any further operations?

[JohnDoe-sgpd]

I know the emergency aircraft was 7 miles out but I would have held the other SWA (569). If 569 had a problem and needed to abort or stop on runway 11, it would have required the emergency single engine aircraft to go around. Not ideal. The pilots were on masks indicating smoke or a smell and possibly severe damage.

[thepilotconnor]

Fly out of New Orleans Lakefront and heard this whole exchange go down. Our ATC guys are very relaxed and professional. Great job by our ATC and Southwest pilots for dealing with this emergency.

[rangerguy]

@VASAviation check out an incident with N66RC on Dec 18, 2023 in Forney, TX. Newspaper story says the twin engine Piper ran out of fuel and crashed on a highway.

[UnshavenStatue]

Some of those takeoff clearances at the end strike me as totally insane. Keep the runway clean, if those takeoffs have their own problems, then it all becomes exponentially worse

[atinwoodsman]

Scary situation, glad everything turned out well.

[rBennet_]

I already thought pushing NKS1046 out was a bit silly, but then trying to get two more out while SWA554 was on a 7nm final amazes me. What if one of them fails to complete the takeoff roll (rejected takeoff etc.)? What if the second aircraft wasn't fast enough (took too long to lineup etc.)? Imagine being in an emergency and getting sent around (with one engine) because the runway is blocked. It was, from the looks of it, a time-critical emergency. Can someone explain?

[smgebrov]

Thank you to everyone for their professionalism

[NelsonBrown]

7:44 - I think the pilot says "Catastrophic damage."

[PhastRocket]

Despite this was an emergency situation, the pilots are trained for this every six months. They can probably handle this emergency in their sleep.

[andyasdf]

Why did they keep sending departures from runway 11 with emergency traffic inbound?

[edwinlileo]

why did the controller let aircrafts take off on RW11 when having an emergency inbound. I thought RW11 was reserved for the emergency

[Misternessuno-iz]

Why they kept letting departures go from runway 11 when the had an emergency acft landing on that runway?

[TheJetJock]

Why don’t they ever say Mayday? That would get the controllers attention straight away. I’ve noticed they never seem to use that in the US. It’s the one way where ATC can absolutely know it’s an emergency when someone declares that, instead of asking to repeat and wasting time.